About Us

Our Target Range and adjacent Field Course are located amongst Farm Fields to the right off Frogwell at Allington,  very near to, but NOT part of, the Chippenham Rugby Club, (which is on the left). As entry is through gates which are usually locked, those attending events at the club, including Beginners Courses, will be given specific directions and times when the gate will be unlocked.

 We were originally founded in 1955 when the Club was known as ‘The Bowmen of Cyppa’, Cyppa is the Anglo Saxon name from which Chippenham (settlement of Cyppa’s people) gets its name. Later the name was changed to Phoenix Archers but for many years we have been known as Chippenham Archers.

As a club we shoot all styles of Bow from Olympic Recurve, Compound and Longbow through to the simple Primitive Bows similar to the 4500-year-old Meare Heath Bow. Please note that we do not shoot Crossbows at this club.

We are a combined Target and Field Archery Club and the Chippenham Archers actually consists of three Clubs ‘Chippenham Target Archery Club’, ‘Chippenham Field Archery Club’ and ‘Chippenham Junior Archery Club’. Every member must be either a member of either GNAS (Grand National Archery Society) or NFAS (National Field Archery Society) and all Junior Archers become members of GNAS when they join the Club but should they wish to take part in events held under NFAS they must themselves become members of NFAS.

In order that GNAS and NFAS members of Chippenham Archers can shoot together at the designated Chippenham Archers Venues (the Target Range, the Field Course and the Indoor Range) the Club has its own Insurance cover for members whilst at these venues only (GNAS and NFAS Insurance does not cover members of both Societies Shooting together).